Joel Singletary caught a big one. The biggest one. The “Granddaddy of all catfish,” according to state wildlife officials. Just not an official record-breaker.

The blue catfish he caught on the Choctawhatchee River in the Florida Panhandle earlier this month weighed in at 120 pounds.

That’s almost twice the heft of the state record holder, a 69-pound blue catfish, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

But because Singletary caught his monster fish with a trotline, basically a long, heavy line with multiple hooks at intervals that can span the width of a river or stream and be left in the water, it’s ineligible for the record books.

Singletary would’ve needed to have nabbed the beast with an “active hook-and-line method” to earn a spot in the official records, regulators say.

“Since it was caught on a trotline, it does not qualify as a state record but remains an impressive catch,” states a post on the FWC Facebook page.

Photos posted online by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission show just how impressive. And in the photos, Singletary doesn’t seem upset about his catch not going down in the records.

According to the Northwest Florida Daily News, Singletary discovered the fish hooked to his line on April 11. He had baited the line the day before, and was out on his boat on to the river checking the line when he discovered the huge fish.

“I was shocked. I didn’t think I could get him in the boat,” Singletary said, Northwest Florida Daily News reported. “The adrenaline took over.”

Florida angler Joel Singletary caught this freakishly huge 120-pound blue catfish on the Choctawhatchee River. Because the fish was caught on a trot line, basically a long, heavy fishing line with multiple hooks that can be used to span the width of a river, stream or other body of water, the fish doesn't qualify for the Florida record books. As a result the existing state record for a blue catfish, 69 pounds, still stands, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.